{"id":248549,"date":"2020-03-15T20:32:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T00:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=248549"},"modified":"2020-03-15T20:32:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T00:32:28","slug":"pinoys-cooperative-on-first-day-of-community-quarantine-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/03\/15\/pinoys-cooperative-on-first-day-of-community-quarantine-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinoys cooperative on first day of community quarantine: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Panelo also allayed fears that only military and police personnel were placed at checkpoints, assuring that there were health workers there to check motorists\u2019 temperature. (File Photo:<\/a> Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA —\u00a0<\/strong>Filipinos have been cooperative during the first day of implementation of the community quarantine being\u00a0imposed in Metro Manila to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19), Malaca\u00f1ang said Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/em>Sa ngayon nakikita ko maganda ang<\/em>\u00a0implementation\u00a0pati kooperasyon ng tao nakikita ko dahil pinakita ang<\/em>\u00a0EDSA\u00a0kanina hanggang ngayon walang katao-tao. Ibig sabihin lahat ng tao kilala ang kalagayan natin.<\/em>\u00a0(For now, I can see that implementation is good. I can see that people are cooperating because I saw EDSA and there are barely any people there),\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in an interview over dzIQ.<\/p>\n

Panelo also allayed fears that only military and police personnel were placed at checkpoints, assuring that there were health workers there to check motorists\u2019 temperature.<\/p>\n

\u201cMerong mga<\/em>\u00a0health workers.\u00a0May mga<\/em>\u00a0doktor na kasama<\/em>\u00a0(There are health workers. They are accompanied by doctors),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The community quarantine, which will be in effect from March 15 to April 14, limits people\u2019s movement to \u201caccessing basic necessities and work\u201d and place uniformed personnel and quarantine personnel at border points. It also suspends land, air, and sea travel to and from Metro Manila.<\/p>\n

Panelo also denied its comparisons to martial law, stressing that nobody has been arrested or detained.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeron na bang inaresto? Pag<\/em>\u00a0martial law\u00a0maraming naaresto, maraming kinukulong<\/em>\u00a0(Did anyone get arrested? If it\u2019s martial law, many would be arrested, many would be detained),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He insisted that the military was necessary to provide the government with additional manpower since health workers were also busy assisting patients in hospitals and quarantine centers.<\/p>\n

\u201cKailangan natin ang military kasi kailangan natin ng manpower. Kailangan natin ang kooperasyon ng bawat ahensiya ng gobyerno<\/em>\u00a0(We need the military because we need manpower. We need the cooperation of all agencies of government),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he also assured that the government has enough funds to provide workers such as sidewalk vendors who may temporarily lose their means of livelihood due to health authorities\u2019 advice to stay home.<\/p>\n

He said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will be providing poor communities with food packages to ensure that they do not run out of supply.<\/p>\n

He also asked the public to make \u201csacrifices\u201d and comply with government protocols in place to minimize the risk of contracting the highly-infectious disease.<\/p>\n

As of Sunday, the Department of Health (DOH) said there are 140 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country including 11 deaths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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